Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

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...

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

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.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.