Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

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…

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.