Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

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

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

To be preparedis half the victory.