It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest', but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.

The greatest educational dogma is also its greatest fallacy: the belief that what must be learned can necessarily be taught.

Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.

Nobody can misunderstand a child as much as his own parents.

Many people feel "guilty" about things they shouldn't feel guilty about, in order to shut out feelings of guilt about things they should feel guilty about.

Nuclear war is inevitable, says the pessimists; Nuclear war is impossible, says the optimists; Nuclear war is inevitable unless we make it impossible, says the realists.

No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his "philosophy of life" until we know exactly how he treats his wife, his children, his neighbors, his friends, his subordinates and his enemies.