When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

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 possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.