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

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.