Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e