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…

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Nothing is a permanent except change.