Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

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

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.