In the practice of exchanging self & other, paradoxes abound.

Anger spoils relationships where there should be great reciprocity.

When someone tells you somebody’s been murdered, laughing is probably not the best response. You know, for future reference.But laughing is exactly what I did.

every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.

You mean it's my destiny?" she said at last.Granny shrugged. “Something like that. Probably. Who knows?

I can do one of two things. I can be President of the United States or I can control Alice Roosevelt. (His 19-year-old daughter.) I cannot possibly do both.

We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.

Luxury goods are the only area in which it is possible to make luxury margins.

Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.

When an object or purpose is clearly held in thought, its precipitation, in tangible and visible form, is merely a question of time. The vision always precedes, and itself determines the realization.

It is impossible to say just what I mean!

Doing right is never wrong.