If we know we are going to be rebuked anyhow, isn’t it far better to beat the other person to it and do it ourselves? Isn’t it much easier to listen to self-criticism than to...
If you can’t be sure of being right, why should you tell other people they are wrong? You can tell people they are wrong by a look or an intonation or a gesture just as eloquently as...
Why prove to a man he is wrong? Is that going to make him like you? Why not let him save his face? He didn’t ask for your opinion. He didn’t want it. Why argue with him? Always...
Ask yourself, “What is there about him or her that I can honestly admire?” That is sometimes a hard question to answer, especially with strangers. You want approval of those...