There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.

If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, "You Only Live Once."

At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach—it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel.

Happiness is a direction, not a place.

Many people know how to work hard; many others know how to play well; but the rarest talent in the world is the ability to introduce elements of playfulness into work, and to put some constructive labor into our leisure.

The reason that truth is stranger than fiction is that fiction has to have a rational thread running through it in order to be believable, whereas reality may be totally irrational.

Those obsessed with health are not healthy; the first requisite of good health is a certain calculated carelessness about oneself.