You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Pain is the outcome of sin.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

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...

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.