If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.