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

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

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

A room without books is a body without soul