Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

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

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

When you hear the word 'Invietable' watch out! An enemy of humanity has identified himself.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.