Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.