I've always liked libraries. They're quiet and full of books and full of knowledge.
The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.
His modesty amounts to deformity.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.
My father's nature turned out no waste product; he had none of that useless stuff in him that lies in heaps near factories. He took his own happiness with him.
From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.
The fact that people have hijacked it is certainly not something that fills me with great joy. We have to find new ways of addressing people, new ways of getting into contact with people.
Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching.
One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
You cannot love a car the way you love a horse. The horse brings out human feelings the way machines cannot do. Things like machines may develop or neglect certain things in people. . . Machines make our life impersonal and stultify certain elements in us and create an impersonal environment.