The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Thereare two sides to every question.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.