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...

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.