Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

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

The present is never a happy state to any being

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.