Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.