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…

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.