The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

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

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

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

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.