The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

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

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.

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...

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.