Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

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...

As a final incentive before giving up a

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.