Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

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