Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

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.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.