The greatest prayer is patience.

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

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

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

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.