Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

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

Talk back 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.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.