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...

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.