We arethe prisoners of ideas.

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...

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.