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

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

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

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.