The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.