The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

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

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing