A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

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

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to