A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.