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

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

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

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

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.