Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

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.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.