Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

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

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

A half truth is a whole lie.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.