Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

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

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

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

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.