We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.

To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler--and less trouble.

Never throw mud. You may miss your mark, but you will have dirty hands.

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

The hushed winds wail with feeble moan Like infant charity.

...like being nibbled to death by ducks.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Time is Too Slow for those who Wait, Too Swift for those who Fear, Too Long for those who Grieve, Too Short for those who Rejoice; But for those who Love, Time is not. - Henry Jackson van Dyke,

Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

Think, or be damned.

After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.

As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him." So it is in traveling: a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.

It should be noted that the games of children are not games, and must be considered as their most serious actions.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong. .

On the twelfth day I left it, my Unix gave to me: Twelve boards a-blowing; Eleven chips a-smoking; Ten ports a-jamming; Nine floppies frying; Eight gettys dying; Seven blown partitions; Six bad controllers; Five core dumps; Four bad blocks; Three heads crashed; Two faulty tapes; And a burnt-out V.D.T. On the thirteenth day I started adapting my Nintendo for the VME bus.

Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs.

old coaches never die, they just lose their balls.

People love flowers but they hate the rain.The things that bring joy come from that which brings pain. So this should leave a stain on your brain, the reason why you have fields of grain, is because its got to rain.