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

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.