Martha Washington

My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we’re living with right now.

A single question can be more influential than a thousand statements.

And you know, there’s less charm in life when you think about death–but it’s more peaceful.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.

You have to be odd to be number one.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us.

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.

An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.

Life is a full-contact sport, and there’s a score up on the board.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

“He who angers you, conquers you.” – Elizabeth Kenny

Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

Man is what he believes.