Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Thesubconscious part in us is called the subjective mind, because it does notdecide and command. It is subject rather than a ruler. Its nature is to dowhat it is told, or what really in your heart of hearts you desire.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.