Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

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...

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people