By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

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.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits