The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

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.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

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