No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer cell.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

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.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.