The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

The first duty of love is to listen.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

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

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.