There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

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...

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Thework will teach you how to do it.