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

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

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.

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.

One of the great ambitions is to discover the diversity of the world, to discover who inhabits the world.

People in this world of superficial communication find themselves isolated and lonely and have difficult in talking about personal things that really matter to them.

The great attraction of fashion is that it diverted attention from the insoluble problems of beauty and provided an easy way -- which money could buy... to a simply stated, easily reproduced ideal of beauty, however temporary that ideal.