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

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

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

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.