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

And most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a will of its own, to make independent decisions and to question the omnipotence or the wisdom of the parent.

Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.

Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

As WArden Lawes once said of convicts, no man can be called a failure until he has tried something he really likes, and fails at it.

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

The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.