There is room in history for all of us.

I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to give out prizes; it's amazing how it concentrates their minds.

Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don't need to be told what to do.

Old friends, like old shoes, are comfortable. But old shoes, unlike old friends, tend not to be supportive: it is easier to stumble and sprain an ankle while wearing a pair of old shoes than it is in new shoes, with their less yielding leather.

There is plenty of work for love to do.

When you allow people to do what they wish, then that is what they do. They stop doing the things they need to do.

The problem, of course, was that people did not seem to understand the difference between right and wrong. They needed to be reminded about this, because if you left it to them to work out for themselves, they would never bother. They would just find out what was best for them, and then they would call that the right thing. That's how most people thought.