There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

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...

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.