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…

A half truth is a whole lie.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.