Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

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…

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.