When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

You can't unscramble an egg.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.