Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

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.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

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,

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.