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

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Imaginationis the eye of your soul.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.