Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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

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

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

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...

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.