Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

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...

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.