Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.