If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

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...

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.