Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

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…

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.