A famously wise old man in a village was once asked how he came by his wisdom. "I got it from my good judgment," he answered. And where did his good judgment come from? "I got it from my bad judgment."

Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.

A loser says that's the way it's always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way.

A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who forgives you -- out of love -- takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always entails a sacrifice.

We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure.

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

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