Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

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

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

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech