One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

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

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

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.