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

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

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Skill inthe art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplishnothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.