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

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

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.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.