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...

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.