Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.