The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

Our errors are steps on the way.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Nevercut what you can untie.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

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

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and 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.