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…

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

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

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.