Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

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

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.