The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

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

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.