When will we make the same breakthroughs in the way we treat each other as we have made in technology?

Nothing influences our ability to cope with the difficulties of our existence so much as the context in which we view them; the more contexts we can choose between, the less do the difficulties appear to be inevitable and insurmountable.

Forks and spoons have probably done more to reconcile people who cannot agree than guns and bombs ever did

Only when people learn to converse will they begin to be equal.

Breaking accepted rules does bring people together.

The English reputation for humour is a way by which people avoid revealing themselves and have superficial relationships, so that you can engage in banter without making yourself vulnerable.

The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has been considered cheap, and laughter something for the lower orders. But British aristocrats didn't care a damn about what people thought of them, so they made humour acceptable.