Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

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...

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

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

Failingto plan is planning to fail.