Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

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...

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.