Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

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

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived