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...

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.