Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Ittakes time to save time.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.