Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

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…

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.