The game was in his eyes a contest, a struggle with a difficulty, yet a motionless, unwearying struggle, congenial to his tastes.
Today I am even richer.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
Success is hard, rewards are scant and the glory not always there.
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
You can't always expect people to apply your wisdom when they didn't use wisdom before they found themselves knee deep in their version of justice.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.
Sacrifice of the self is sheer stupidity if sacrifice is not for the self.
Ability to find the answers is more important than ability to know the answers.