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

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.