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

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

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

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

Those who trust us educate us.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them