Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

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

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.