It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles. – Muriel Spark
To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupils soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education. I call it intrusion. – Muriel Spark
Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. – Muriel Spark
When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality. – Muriel Spark
If theres any object in human experience thats a precedent for what a computer should be like, its a musical instrument: a device where you can explore a huge range of possibilities through an interface that connects your mind and your body, allowing you to be emotionally authentic and expressive. – Jaron Lanier