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…

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

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.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.