“Obscurity is never a virtue.”

I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.

When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.

I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.

It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.

Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that is all that comes back to me of school itself.

Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.

A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.

I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.

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If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.

It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.

Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.

So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.

I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Virtue is not hereditary.

It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

I want virtue, honesty, love and compassion. From myself and for myself.

He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.