You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

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

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…

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.