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

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

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

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

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.