The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

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.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.