The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

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

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.