People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

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.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.