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...

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

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.