Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

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

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

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

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

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

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to