A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

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.

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...

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.