To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

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

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