Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

As long as there is life there is danger.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

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…

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.