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…

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

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.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.