Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !