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...

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.