I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.