One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

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

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

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

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

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

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous