The aimof argument

The aimof argument
The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
  

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Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.
Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.
Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.
The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.
An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist
If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.
Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.
Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.
Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.
Our errors are steps on the way.
First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.
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.