The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.

I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.

I just never let anything bother me, man. I know myself really well. Nobody's opinion of me can shake my opinion of myself.

Teach For America is working hard to be one significant source of the leadership we need.

The primary declaration of Christianity is not "This do!" but "This happened!

France could have all the socialism its capitalistic economy could support.

It's important for survival that children have their own experiences, the kind they learn from. The kind their parents arrange for are not as useful. Good parents are the hardest to get rid of.

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending.

For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, you don't build that.

Hard times and funky living can season the soul, true enough, but joy is the yeast that makes it rise.

...there is a point when the unfortunate and the infamous are associated and confused in a word, a mortal word, les miserables

The Man who pretends to be a modest enquirer into the truth of a self-evident thing is a Knave.