A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out