Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

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...

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.