Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

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

As a final incentive before giving up a

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.