Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

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

Power comes from sincere service

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

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

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Thereare two sides to every question.