Among friends one has the privilege of saying nothing; the civility consists in the assumption that one's silence will be civilly understood. I can imagine a small gathering of friends who say nothing all evening: they recoil from saying anything that the others don't want to hear; and their silence would be the subtlest courtesy.

Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and entrance into the workplace.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko is a ham actor, not a poet.

But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age.

Genetic theories, I gather, have been cherished academically with detachment.

Other psychological theories say a good deal about compensation.