Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

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…

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.