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 fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

A language is like living skin itself.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.