Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

Genius is a long impatience.

The ultimate measured a man is not where he stands in marents of comfort, but whre he stands at times of challenge & contraversy.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.