Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.