The purpose of education is to enable us to develop to the fullest that which is inside us

Time given to thought is the greatest time saver of all.

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life.

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

Humanity today is not safe in the presence of humanity. The old cannibalism has given way to anonymous action in which the killer and the killed do not know each other, and in which,indeed, the very fact of mass death has the effect of making mass killing less reprehensible than the death of a single individual. In short, we have evolved in every respect except our ability to protect ourselves against human intelligence. Our knowledge is vast but does not embrace the workings of peace.

The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it.

Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.