It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

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

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.