Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

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...

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.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself