Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

Aproblem is a chance for you to do your best.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

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

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

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