The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

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.

Thebasic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.