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,

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

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

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

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

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.