The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.

It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

Children are the keys of paradise.

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.