Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

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

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free