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

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

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.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

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