The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.
If you have some respect for people as they are you can be more effective in...
For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.
History never looks like history when you are living through it.
There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean I've felt regret but I've also...
My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older...
Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high...
An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.
