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...

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

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

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.