The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.
History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem, but the perpetual human predicament is that the answer soon poses its own problems.
Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'
Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach—it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel.
If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?
We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.
Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most about.
Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.
Never let your fears be the boundaries of your dreams. Happiness is a direction, not a place.
There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.
The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath her gentleness.
The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.
We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.
Honesty consists of the unwillingness to lie to others; maturity, which is equally hard to attain, consists of the unwillingness to lie to oneself.
If you cannot endure to be thought in the wrong, you will begin to do terrible things to make the wrong appear right.
No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his "philosophy of life" until we know exactly how he treats his wife, his children, his neighbors, his friends, his subordinates and his enemies.
Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.
People who won't help others in trouble "because they got into trouble through their own fault" would probably not throw a lifeline to a drowning person until they learned whether that person fell in through his or her own fault or not.
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