Genealogy: A Perverse Preoccupation Of Those Who

The Most Important Thing In An Argument, Next To Being Right, Is To Leave An Escape Hatch For Your Opponent, So That He Can Gracefully Swing Over To Your Side Without Too Much Apparent Loss Of Face.

Elitism Is The Slur Directed At Merit By Mediocrity.

The Primary Purpose Of A Liberal Education Is To Make One's Mind A Pleasant Place In Which To Spend One's Leisure.

The Deepest And Rarest Kind Of Courage Has Nothing To Do With Feats Or Obstacles In The Outside World; And, Indeed, Has Nothing To Do With The Outside World - It Is The Courage To Be Who You Are.

Parents - And Teachers Too - Are Woefully Short-sighted When They Try To Protect The Child From His Mistakes, When They Make The "right Answer" More Important Than The Quest For Knowledge And Good Judgment. For What Is Not Learned Within One's Self Cannot Be Learned From Another.