Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

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

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.