The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

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.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

The first duty of love is to listen.