Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Genius is a long impatience.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

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

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

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

Patience is the art of hoping.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.