True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

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…

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

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

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.