Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

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...

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

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

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.