By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

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...

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.