I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

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

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

What is well done is done soon enough.