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…

Neversay more than is necessary.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.