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

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.