Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

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...

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

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

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Use softwords and hard arguments.