Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

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...

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.