Education tends to be diagrammatic and categorical, opening up no sluices in the human imagination on the wonder of the beauty of our unique estate in the cosmos. Little wonder that it becomes so easy for our young to regard human hurt casually or to be uninspired by the magic of sensitivity.

What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth.

We will not have peace by afterthought.

Silence must be comprehended as not solely the absence of sound. It is the natural environment for serenity and contemplation. Life without silence is life without privacy. The difference between sanity and madness is the quality of our thoughts. Silence is on the side of sanity.

For every low there is an equal but opposite high.

Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.

Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.