If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

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

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

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

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.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.