Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

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,

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.