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...

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

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

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.