The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Necessity truns lion into fox.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.