The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

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

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?