Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

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

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.