If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

The comforter's head never aches.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to