Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

The property of power is to protect.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

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.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

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