To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

No strength within, no respect without.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.