If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.