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

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

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

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

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

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.