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

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?