Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

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.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

The comforter's head never aches.

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

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou