A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.