All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.