Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

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

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,

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

The present is never a happy state to any being

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.