To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

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…

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'