Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.