There is no knowledge that is not power.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

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

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

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

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side