The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

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

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

You can't unscramble an egg.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty