Never answer a letter while you are angry.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

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.

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.