If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

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...