Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Talk back 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.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.