"An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains."

"I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is six to five against."

"...free time is an illusion. It's what you get when you die and the gods reward you for a life spent working from dawn until midnight."

"The universe is made of stories, not atoms."

"Unfortunate is he who cannot gain a few sincere friends during his life and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them (through his deeds)."

"The power of the mind is an incredible thing, one that can never be underestimated."

"Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense."

"Things somehow seem more real and vivid when one can apply somebody else's ready-made phrase about them."

"We notice things that don't work. We don't notice things that do. We notice computers, we don't notice pennies. We notice e-book readers, we don't notice books."

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lessons afterwards."

"If we abide by the principles taught by the Bible, our country will go on prospering."

"Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it."