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,

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.