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

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

To beprepared is half the victory.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

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.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.