Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

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…

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.