Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

The property of power is to protect.

Genius is a long impatience.

Thebasic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.