Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!