Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.

Radicalism is but the desperation of logic.

When there happens to be a weapon of mass destruction suspect site in an area that we occupy and if people have time, they'll look at it.

My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could.

Thoughts on the Merits of Work The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

If I started at 13, by the time I was 14 I was already good enough to play in front of people. I started off playing drums when I was 5, so playing in front of people didn't matter - not a problem.

I'm a minimalist. I don't really need much to enjoy a good holiday - just my family and the bare essentials.

I am not in 'Us Weekly.' I'd have to be going out with someone who is in there to be in there myself.

The nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils.

We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share.