To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Thebasic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

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

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out