Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

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...

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Don't let life discourage your, everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.