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

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

Many people feel "guilty" about things they shouldn't feel guilty about, in order to shut out feelings of guilt about things they should feel guilty about.

What is much harder to handle is the sense that you have to live up to the mark someone else has set for you. The grades become too important, the competition too frantic, the fear of disappointing those who believe in you turns into an overwhelming nightmare.

Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.

There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.

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