Pessimism loves company. Optimism makes companies. |

I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. |

Anybody who tries to change society without examining the family is trying to push a shadow without moving a statue. |

The screen provides a refuge, a mediated world that is more predictable, more tractable, and above all safer than the recalcitrant world of things.
We flock to the virtual because the real demands too much of us. |

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. |

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game. |

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. |

The best is the enemy of the good. |

Compassion is not a virtue—it is a commitment. It’s not something we have or don’t have—it’s something we choose to practice. |

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try to sleep with a mosquito in a room. |

It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before. |

I suppose even a woman's hatred is a kind of love. |

As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know. |

I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.... |

Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture. |

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. |

He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions. |

If your plan is for one year, plant rice; If your plan is for ten years, plant trees; If your plan is for a hundred years, educate children. |

I never lose. I either win, or learn. |

Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front. |

Men have become the tools of their tools. |

This world is but a canvas to our imagination. |

There is really nothing more to say – except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how. |

Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all. |