The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.