Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

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…

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges