The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.