No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

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

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.