Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.