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...

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.