The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

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

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

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

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.