No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

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...

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.