Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

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