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…

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

Imaginationis the eye of your soul.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.