In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility.

Death is not the enemy; living in constant fear of it is.

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.

A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.

The heart of the matter is that some people like to cause injury or death to living things. And many of those who do not are indifferent to those who do.

Laughter is a form of internal jogging. It moves your internal organs around. It enhances respiration. It is an igniter of great expectations.

The most costly disease is boredom costly for both individual and society.