Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

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

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.