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…

Suspicion begets suspicion.

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Thereare two sides to every question.