Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

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

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

The ultimate measured a man is not where he stands in marents of comfort, but whre he stands at times of challenge & contraversy.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.