Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

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...

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

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