Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.