One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

No strength within, no respect without.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

What is well done is done soon enough.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.