“Make Things rather than Persons the subjects of conversations.”
“My idea of an educated person is one who can converse on one subject for more than two minutes.”
“I'd rather be an ordinary person doing extraordinary things, than being an extraordinary person doing ordinary things.”
“When did the cell phone become a license to be rude? And why must I be subjected to your personal conversations?”
“Genuine love is volitional rather than emotional. The person who truely loves does so because of a decision to love. This person has made a commitment to be loving whether or not the loving feeling is present. ...Conversely, it is not only possible but necessary for a loving person to avoid acting on feelings of love.”
“Most people tacitly agreed to permit cruelty rather than risk being subject to it.”