You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

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

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.