The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

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

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.