Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

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...

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

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