He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

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…

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.