Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

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 error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.