Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.