Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

All thingsat first appear difficult.