Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

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.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

There is no knowledge that is not power.