True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

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

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.