Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

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

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

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.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.