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

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.