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...

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

A room without books is a body without soul

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.