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.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

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

Power tires only those who do not have it.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

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.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.