It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.