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 exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

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

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.