Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

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 no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

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

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.