Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

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

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e