Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.