What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

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...

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

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.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.