People loan their trust, they don't give it.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

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

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.