If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

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