The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

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

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

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.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.