Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Life only demands from you the strength you posses

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

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...

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.