[O]pulence is always the result of theft, if not committed by the actual possessor, then by his predecessors.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

every day a million miracles begin at sunrise!

The essence of creativity is figuring out how to use what you already know in order to go beyond what you already think.

Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.

Learners are encouraged to discover facts and relationships for themselves.

Education must, be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of the will to explore them.

Make knowledge of the Scripture your love ... Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.

We are storytelling creatures, and as children we acquire language to tell those stories that we have inside us.

There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.

"Thinking about thinking" has to be a principle ingredient of any empowering practice of education.

Why just celebrate birthdays? Why not celebrate every day? In reality, we are born anew everyday. Everyday is a Birthday!

Climb the ladder of success, by always putting forward your best self. Practice being the best at what you do.

The taste for glory can make ordinary men behave in extraordinary ways.

Very few writers thank their mothers for keen editorial insight

Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did.

The God of life summons us to life; more, to be lifegivers, especially toward those who lie under the heel of the powers.

I have a female colleague who gets annoyed that Tina Fey seems to go out of her way in her movies to deride her looks, as if she weren't such an attractive woman.

It's very easy for some men and in some cases women to sit back and say with 20-20 hindsight, "Tsk-tsk, should have done more." But it doesn't account for the reality.

People will remember a good comedy song a lot longer than they would some of the so-called straight love songs.

Design is a conscious and intuitive effort to impose meaningful order. Design is both the underlying matrix of order and the tool that creates it.