It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.