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...

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.