Maxims
Do not mistake the questions of the confused for the pondering of the wise.
If you seek the counsel of a proud person, interrupt them at your own risk.
Listen to the thoughts of those who are most quiet during a banquet.
Seek the words that bring a smile to others faces. Repeat those words often.
A raucous joke that demands explanation quickly becomes a mundane lecture.
If a person keeps talking, keep listening. If they do not run out of words, before you run out of patience, realize that you are strengthening your resolve.
If a person keeps talking, do not speak. They will only use your words to further filibuster their labor of speech.
We all talk to each other while driving. It is more often than not, a good thing that we cannot hear one another.
Firm tables and comfortable chairs are good things.
A fire in a pit brings warmth, security, and reflection.
A fire outside a pit brings terror, famine, and disruption.
A short walk in the rain can accomplish more than a long hike in the sun.
There is always more laundry to do. There is not always more time with a friend.
The difference between the glad customer and the angry customer is found in their expectations.
Economics is about desires, business is about leveraging those desires.
Dust on the floor is often trampled under many feet. Only a light breath of air can lift it to the rafters.
Learn the customs of those who host you.
Do not ask for something on a trip that you did not pack yourself.
Do not offer help with your lips that you cannot provide with your hands.
Walk in stride with your fellow lest you be judged to be too hasty or too lazy.
Learn the names of the ones your company hates.
Learn the names of the ones your company adores.
Praise for those names your company hates will earn you derision beyond repair.
Disdain for those names your company adores will earn you a rival.
Identify those around you who are your superiors in authority, patience, gentleness, prowess, subtlety, courage, conduct, finances, laughter, regalia, relationship, and speech.
Conduct yourself with the utmost respect to those who are your superiors.
Conduct yourself with humility to those who are your juniors.
Do not conduct an unlimited war when limited goals are your ambition.
Take action with the greatest sense of haste once a decision has been made.
Accept the work which you are able to accomplish.
Flee from the task which you cannot complete.
It is better to read too much and write too little, than to write too much, and read too little.
A relationship is only as strong as the worst thing it has been through.
If you seek the counsel of a proud person, interrupt them at your own risk.
Listen to the thoughts of those who are most quiet during a banquet.
Seek the words that bring a smile to others faces. Repeat those words often.
A raucous joke that demands explanation quickly becomes a mundane lecture.
If a person keeps talking, keep listening. If they do not run out of words, before you run out of patience, realize that you are strengthening your resolve.
If a person keeps talking, do not speak. They will only use your words to further filibuster their labor of speech.
We all talk to each other while driving. It is more often than not, a good thing that we cannot hear one another.
Firm tables and comfortable chairs are good things.
A fire in a pit brings warmth, security, and reflection.
A fire outside a pit brings terror, famine, and disruption.
A short walk in the rain can accomplish more than a long hike in the sun.
There is always more laundry to do. There is not always more time with a friend.
The difference between the glad customer and the angry customer is found in their expectations.
Economics is about desires, business is about leveraging those desires.
Dust on the floor is often trampled under many feet. Only a light breath of air can lift it to the rafters.
Learn the customs of those who host you.
Do not ask for something on a trip that you did not pack yourself.
Do not offer help with your lips that you cannot provide with your hands.
Walk in stride with your fellow lest you be judged to be too hasty or too lazy.
Learn the names of the ones your company hates.
Learn the names of the ones your company adores.
Praise for those names your company hates will earn you derision beyond repair.
Disdain for those names your company adores will earn you a rival.
Identify those around you who are your superiors in authority, patience, gentleness, prowess, subtlety, courage, conduct, finances, laughter, regalia, relationship, and speech.
Conduct yourself with the utmost respect to those who are your superiors.
Conduct yourself with humility to those who are your juniors.
Do not conduct an unlimited war when limited goals are your ambition.
Take action with the greatest sense of haste once a decision has been made.
Accept the work which you are able to accomplish.
Flee from the task which you cannot complete.
It is better to read too much and write too little, than to write too much, and read too little.
A relationship is only as strong as the worst thing it has been through.
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