To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

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...

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Outside noisy, inside empty.