To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

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

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you