The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

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

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…

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.