Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

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.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.