Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

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...

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

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

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

It's good to shut up sometimes.