Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

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...

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.