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

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

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

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.