Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

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

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.