It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

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

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

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

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.