Curiosity is very important I think, and I think too much of education, starting with childhood education, is either designed to kill curiosity or it works out that way anyway.

I'm as proud of my inconsistencies as I am my consistencies.

The critic said, but don't you feel awkward about biting the hand that feeds you? I said no, I enjoy just gnawing it up to the shoulder.

Kids go to school and college and get through, but they don't seem to really care about using their minds. School doesn't have the kind of long term positive impact that it should.

There must always be a first," said Jem. "It is not easy to be first, and it is not always rewarding, but it is important.

Determination. You have to be willing to put in the extra time and the extra practice to be the best.

Once you have had a glimpse of awareness or Presence, you know it firsthand. It is no longer just a concept in your mind.

I belong to a tradition that believes that the death of a single child is a blemish on creation.

I wonder why it is that when I plan a route too carefully, it goes to pieces, whereas if I blunder along in blissful ignorance aimed in a fancied direction I get through with no trouble.

Virtue is not to be considered in the light of mere innocence, or abstaining from harm; but as the exertion of our faculties in doing good.

A world without war is not in the cards.

As far as I can see, only psychoanalysis can compete with Christians in their love of drawn-out suffering.

There is no sin but the lack of love.