If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.