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.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.