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...

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.