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...

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.