Little things console us because little things afflict us.

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

What is well done is done soon enough.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

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...

Necessity truns lion into fox.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.