Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.

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.

Genealogy: A perverse preoccupation of those who seek to demonstrate that their forebears were better people than they are.

The reason that truth is stranger than fiction is that fiction has to have a rational thread running through it in order to be believable, whereas reality may be totally irrational.

Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

Much as a teacher may wince at the thought, he is also an entertainer—for unless he can hold his audience, he cannot really instruct or edify them.