The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.