Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

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

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.