Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

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

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.