It is a good reader that makes a good book.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

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

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

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.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out