Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

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…

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.