The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.