Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

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

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

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.