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,

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.