Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

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

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

There is no knowledge that is not power.

The property of power is to protect.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

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