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...

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Remember when feminisit movements were something men gathered on street corners to admire as the girls strolled by