Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

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…

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

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.