There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

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.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

They know enough who know how to learn.