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

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

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

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.