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.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

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

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.