We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.

Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.

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

Good teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring.

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.

A 'penchant for telling the truth' can cripple a candidates chances faster than being caught in flagrante delicto with the governor's wife.

It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest', but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.