Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

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

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

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