Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

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.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

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