Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

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

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.