Francois de La Rochefoucauld

People are never so likely to be wrong as when they are organized. And they never have so little freedom. Perhaps that is why the people at large keep their freedom. People can be manipulated only when they are organized.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Whatever your goal in life, the beginning is knowledge and experience- or, briefly work.

If He Tom Sawyer had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do and Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

In wildness is the preservation of the world.

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

This above all: to thine own self be true.

I think; therefore I am.

The only prosperity the people can afford to be satisfied with is the kind that lasts.

I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

I do believe I am special. My special gift is my vision, my commitment, and my willingness to do whatever it takes.

When you get to the top, don’t forget to send the elevator down for the next guy.

If you ever get started on the right path to change, there is one important precondition you have to meet. You must rid yourself of that gnawing and overpowering sense of urgency and panic that always seems to appear on the scene.

Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

It is not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that make horseraces.