Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

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