Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.