When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

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.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

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