You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

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…

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.