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

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

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…

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.