When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

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

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

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

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.