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 more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

Every advantage has its tax

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.