The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

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

Patience is the art of hoping.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.