Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Every advantage has its tax

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.