Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

Genius is a long impatience.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

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

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.