Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges