The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.