Necessity truns lion into fox.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

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

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.