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…

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

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

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.