Filth is always a sign of weakness - in the mouth of the user and in the mind of the writer.

Somebody who never got over the embarrassing fact that he was born in bed with a lady.

The truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us.

The best thing you can give children, next to good habits, are good memories.

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.

Every rule in the book can be broken, except one - be who you are, and become all you were meant to be.

A person is either himself or not himself; is either rooted in his existence or is a fabrication; has either found his humanhood or is still playing with masks and roles and status symbols. And nobody is more aware of this difference (although unconsciously) than a child. Only an authentic person can evoke a good response in the core of the other person; only person is resonant to person.