Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Liberation is not deliverance.

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.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

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

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.