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.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.