To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

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

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.