The average man’

The average man’
The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.
  

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Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.
The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.
A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.
If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
Thehardest step is over the threshold.
Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e
When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.
If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.
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.
Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.