A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.