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

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

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Every advantage has its tax

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.