You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.