Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.