A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

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,

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.