If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

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