Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

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

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

The first duty of love is to listen.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.