Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

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,

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.