To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
An error becomes a mistake when we refuse to admit it.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply.
Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.
Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.
When you're in a good mood, bring up the past. When you're in a bad mood, stick to the present. And when you're not feeling emotional at all, it's time to talk about the future.
You can't be wise without being intelligent, but you certainly can be intelligent without being wise.
One of the few articles of clothing that a man won't try to remove from a woman is an apron.
Success may be the ability to be happy with whatever we're stuck with.
The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.
A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.
Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive.
The lower our self-esteem, the more we're attracted to our opposite, and the higher our self-esteem, the more we are attracted to another like ourselves.
Stop asking for directions so much. Assuming that you're in a safe environment, pay attention and figure things out for yourself. Have the nerve to take a wrong turn now and then. You'll develop better working instincts and have more self-esteem too.
Feeling is what you get for thinking the way you do.
If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.
Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors. Behind one door is a car, the others, goats. You pick a door, say #1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say #3, which has a goat. He says to you: 'Do you want to pick door #2?' Is it to your advantage to switch your choice of doors?
How can we live in freedom and maintain that we are entitled to *anything* that we can't get without the labor of others? Remember, if we are entitled to the labor of others, that makes slaves of those others.
Relatively few of us will find the time-or take it-to live an ever enlarging life.
Almost all of the finer things in life are free or nearly free. You don't have to pay for the sky at night or snow in the morning or a kiss on the nose when you're sick. Forgetting that may put you at the mercy of those who seek to profit by convincing you to want whatever it is they have to sell.
At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since.
Know why certain foods, such as truffles, are expensive. It's not because they taste best.
I've never found an interesting person with a foul mouth.
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