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,

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.