To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.