Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

The greatest prayer is patience.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

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.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it