An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

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

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.