The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

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…

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.