Our power is in our ability to decide.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

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 warexisting between the senses and reason.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself