True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

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,

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

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.