Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.