The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

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,

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

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