You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

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

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.