Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

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.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

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

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.