Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

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.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.