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...

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.