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…

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Renown and repose do not go together.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.