Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

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

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Our distrust is very expensive.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.