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...

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.