The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

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...

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

What is well done is done soon enough.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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