The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything. The person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. The principal art of the teacher is to awaken the joy in creation and knowledge. — An address to children Problems cannot…

“For too long we have been dreaming a dream from which we are now waking up: the dream that if we just improve the socioeconomic situation of people, everything will be okay, people will become happy. The truth is that as the struggle for survival has subsided, the question has…

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. — William James (1842–1910) For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his very mind will…

There are 2 ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. — Edith Wharton Using another as a means of satisfaction and security is not love, love is never security; love is a state in which there is no desire to be secure; it…

“For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ‘It might have been!’” Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896), who was a contemporary of John Greenleaf Whittier, staunch abolitionist, and author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” had this to say, “The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words…

“Remember friends as you pass by, As you are now so once was I. As low as I you once must be, Prepare yourself and follow me.” -Gravestone from the 1800s He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will…

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back. — Anon “The Road Not Taken” Two roads diverged in a yellow wood And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long as I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in…

Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. — Doug Larson Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself. — A. H. Weiler “…Now I’ll give you something to believe. I’m just 101, five months and a day.” “I…

1. Most people are lavish with style without substance. Good engineers don’t wear ties. 2. There should be no fear in the freedom of speech. Perfect freedom cast out fear. 3. There are children dying of starvation, and all we think is our own selfish disposition? Every minutes, two children…