The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

He whoangers you, conquers you.

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.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.