Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The property of power is to protect.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.