Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

When you are feeling stressed and about to breakdown, just remember: STRESSED is just DESSERTS spelled backwards.. it's a piece of cake!

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.