In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

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

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

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