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...

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

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.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

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

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.