The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

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 onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

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

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.