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…

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

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

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.