Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

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

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...

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.