Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

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

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

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

The comforter's head never aches.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.