A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.