Sensuality reconciles us with the human race. The misanthropy of the old is due in large part to the fading of the magic glow of desire.

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unobtainable, envy takes the place of greed.

We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the remarkable fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.

Children are the keys of paradise.

The majority prove their worth by keeping busy. A busy life is the nearest thing to a purposeful life.

The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.