The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

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...

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.