The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

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

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

The property of power is to protect.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

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