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.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

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.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.