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...

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

The greatest prayer is patience.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.