“In marriage, each partner is to be an encourager rather than a critic; a forgiver rather than a collector of hurts; an enabler rather than a reformer.”
“Children need models rather than critics.”
“Philosophers should be offered condolences rather than encouragement.”
“The ability to inspire rather than enforce loyalty is a critical quality of leadership.”
“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.”
“The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men.”