Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Instinct is the nose of the mind.