He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.