It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.