The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.

Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself.

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

... The person who, at any stage of a conversation, disagrees, should at least hope to reach agreement in the end. He should be as much prepared to have his own mind changed as seek to change the mind of another ... No one who looks upon disagreement as an occasion for teaching another should forget that it is also an occasion for being taught.

Not to engage in this pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.