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…

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

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

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.