A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.