No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

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

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

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…

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.