To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

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

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Better hazard than always be in fear.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

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,

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

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

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.