Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

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

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Thereare two sides to every question.