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

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

He whoangers you, conquers you.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Opportunists take now for an answer.