Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Life only demands from you the strength you posses

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