Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Imaginationis the eye of your soul.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

A language is like living skin itself.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

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