The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

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

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

You must remember that all work is simply to bring out the power of the mind which is already there to wake up the soul.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

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

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.