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.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Stability is not immobility

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour