To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

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

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

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