Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

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

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Stability is not immobility

There is no knowledge that is not power.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.