Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

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

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

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

Suspicion begets suspicion.

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

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…

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

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

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

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

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.