Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

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...

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

What is well done is done soon enough.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant