The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

A half truth is a whole lie.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.