Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Our power is in our ability to decide.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

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…

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.