It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

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...

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.