Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

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...

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

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

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

What is well done is done soon enough.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.