Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.