The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

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.

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.