A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

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

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.