Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.

The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones.

Sincerity that thinks it is the sole possessor of the truth is a deadlier sin than hypocrisy, which knows better.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

When we inform, we lead from strength; when we communicate, we lead from weakness—and it is precisely this confession of mortality that engages the ears, heads and hearts of those we want to enlist as allies in a common cause.

People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.

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