Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.