Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

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.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

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.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.