A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

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...

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.