Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

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.

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.