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...

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

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.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.