Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

As long as there is life there is danger.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.