Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.

We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I lost it.'

Real loneliness consists not in being alone, but in being with the wrong person, in the suffocating darkness of a room in which no deep communication is possible.

Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower. A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour. Happiness is a direction, not a place.

It's odd, and a little unsettling, to reflect upon the fact that English is the only major language in which "I" is capitalized; in many other languages "You" is capitalized and the "i" is lower case." --

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

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