Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

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...

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

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

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.