Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.