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...

You can't unscramble an egg.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

As long as there is life there is danger.

A language is like living skin itself.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man