He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

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…

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.