Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

When you hear the word 'Invietable' watch out! An enemy of humanity has identified himself.

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...

The present is never a happy state to any being

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.