The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

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…

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

Genius is a long impatience.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.