If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

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...

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.