Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.

Fan the smoking flame of hilarity with the wings of friendship; and pass the rose wine.

Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily than others: this is true generally whatever the question is, and absolutely true where exact certainty is impossible and opinions are divided.

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I didn't read.

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.

The desktop computer industry is dead. Innovation has virtually ceased. Microsoft dominates with very little innovation. That's over. Apple lost. The desktop market has entered the dark ages, and it's going to be in the dark ages for the next 10 years, or certainly for the rest of this decade.

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!