Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

He understands badly who listens badly.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.