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...

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

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

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

When weblame, we give away our power.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.