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.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

People say law but they mean wealth.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.