As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

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

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

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.