If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

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