I have always disliked the fierce competitive spirit embodied in that highly intellectual game.

Imagination is vastly more important than intelligence.

Not until we dare to regard ourselves as a nation, not until we respect ourselves, can we gain the esteem of others, or rather only then will it come of its own accord

But the personality that finally emerges is largely formed by the environment in which a man happens to find himself during his development, by the structure of the society in which he grows up, by the tradition of that society, and by its appraisal of particular types of behavior.

New frameworks are like climbing a mountain - the larger view encompasses rather than rejects the more restricted view.

There is nothing divine about morality; it is a purely human affair. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. What the individual can do is to give a fine example, and to have the courage to uphold ethical values .. in a society of cynics.

Everything that exists in your life, does so because of two things: something you did or something you didn't do.