The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what
we say or what we do, but what read more

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what
we say or what we do, but what we are. And if our words and our actions
come from superficial human relations techniques (the Personality Ethic)
rather than from our own inner core (the Character Ethic), others will
sense that duplicity. We simply won't be able to create and sustain the
foundation necessary for effective interdependence.

A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own.

A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You
must set yourself on fire.

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You
must set yourself on fire.

A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the
idea of a cathedral in read more

A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the
idea of a cathedral in mind.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.

I would rather think of life as a good book. The further you get into it,
the more it begins read more

I would rather think of life as a good book. The further you get into it,
the more it begins to come together and make sense.

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.