If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

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

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.