The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.