Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.
We don't get offered crises, they arrive.
If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference.
There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.'