Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

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.

Genius is a long impatience.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.