The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

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...

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.