Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

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

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

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

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,