The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

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…

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.