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...

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.