A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.