Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

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

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.