The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

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...

They know enough who know how to learn.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.