Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Things are always better in the morning.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.

But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided.

Discipline means protection from one's own wanton interest.

Now, the education of our children is of national concern, and if they are not educated properly, it is a national calamity.

Technology has an incredible role to play in enabling of policy issues.

Oneness means that as awareness, your relationship with knowing is clean. Then for you to know is for you to be.

I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.

I don't think parents always know where their children are going or what they are doing, what they are up to.

The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems.

Why, thou knowest I am as valiant as Hercules, but beware instinct. The lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter. I was a coward on instinct.