Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

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.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.