No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.