The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.