Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

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.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

The present is never a happy state to any being