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

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

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

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

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 fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.