The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.