Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

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

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

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