In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it!

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.

The supreme lesson of any education should be to think for yourself and to be yourself; absent this attainment, education creates dangerous, stupefying conformity.

The real battlefield is the realm of ideas.

There is a deep interconnectedness of all life on earth, from the tiniest organisms, to the largest ecosystems, and absolutely between each person.

A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.

The joy and smile of even one child is worth more than the prancing intellects of a thousand men.