"I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit."

"Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments."

"Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen."

"I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession."

"It is a subtle truth that where compassion abides, fear and resentment lose their dominion."

"Wisdom principle 63 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 23."

"It is a unyielding truth that a life well-lived leaves an aroma of kindness long after the sun has set — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a unyielding truth that energy directed with unwavering focus can bend the arc of destiny — an essential principle for the reflective life."