The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.

One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.

It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.

The education explosion is producing a vast number of people who want to live significant, important lives but lack the ability to satisfy this craving for importance by individual achievement. The country is being swamped with nobodies who want to be somebodies.

...That genius is a rare exception (:) It's not true. Talent and genius have been wasted on enormous scale throughout our history; this is all I know for sure.

Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.