Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

He whoangers you, conquers you.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

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.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.