Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

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.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.