There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di