Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

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.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.