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...

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.