We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

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...

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.