Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

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...

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

A room without books is a body without soul