A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

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…