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

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.