Almost all of our

Almost all of our
Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.
  

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Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.
Thereverse side also has a reverse side.
Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.
A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.
If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.
Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.
Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.
Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.
Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical
Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony
Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…