The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

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...

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.