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…

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp