The average man’

The average man’
The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.
  

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Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.
Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.
The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.
The hardeststep is over the threshold.
The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.
Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.
A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.
Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.