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

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

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

Anempty sack cannot stand up.