Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

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…

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.