Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

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

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.