The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

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…

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.