No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

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

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

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

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.