Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

God has created the world in play.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

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.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.