All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

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

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Pain is the outcome of sin.