Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

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,

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

When weblame, we give away our power.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.