We tend to see our character flaws as simple defects, and the simple defects of others as character flaws.

If you don't love your work, it's hard to love your life.

Instead of talking in the hope that people will listen, try listening in the hope that people will talk.

Men are like microwave ovens; they heat up immediately, but things start to boil over after about three minutes. Women are like conventional ovens; they take twenty minutes to heat up, but can go on cooking for hours.

It is one of history's greatest ironies that, over the centuries, the pursuit of pleasure has resulted in more pain than enjoyment.

Words have incredible power. They can make people's hearts soar, or they can make people's hearts sore.

Why is it that the most important stuff to listen to is almost always the stuff we don't want to hear?