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...

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

A faithful friend is medicine of Life.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.