All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.