It may be true that the weak will always be driven to the wall; but it is the task of a just society to see that the wall is climbable.

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

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

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

Happiness is a direction, not a place.

History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.

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

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.

Curiosity is the origin of knowledge. Experience is the origin of wisdom.

Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others-- it only changes yours.

A non-religious prison when awaken would make others sleep. Therefore his sleeping is good. A religious person when awaken will awaken others. Therefore his awakening is good.

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

Are you Lewis Carroll?" Redd asked him.

The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth.

I like to write paper mail - nobody does that anymore - with my pen pals.

The first prerequisite of elaborate mental exercise was a full stomach.

Because I have success, it doesn't mean I'm part of the mainstream. I'm still an outsider.

Spiritual vision requires that what we see with the eyes of our hearts will be more real to us than what we see with our natural eyes. We must see what is invisible to others.