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…

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

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

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

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.