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...

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

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

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

A half truth is a whole lie.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.