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…

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.