The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

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

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Example is better than following it.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.