Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

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

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony