Habit: the shackles of the free

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

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,

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

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

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

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

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

True miracle are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence God has given him