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...

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Faith is continuation of reason.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.