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…

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.