If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.

Bacteria: the only culture some people have.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.

We tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat. - "Time", On Journalists, May 8, 1950.

To teach is to learn twice.

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail.

The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition such terms have no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a very particular situation... most of our language about the organization and objective's of government is made up of such polar terms. Justice and injustice are typical. A reformer who wants to abolish injustice and create a world in which nothing but justice prevails is like a man who wants to make everything up. Such a man might feel that if he took the lowest in the world and carried it up to the highest point and kept on doing this, everything would eventually become up. This would certainly move a great many objects and create an enormous amount of activity. It might or might not be useful, according to the standards which we apply. However it would never result in the abolishment of down.

But when dread Sloth, the Mother of Doom, steals in, And reigns where Labour's glory was to serve, Then is the day of crumbling not far off.

Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535 I desire now to make no more pleas with Christ; verily, he hath not put me to a loss by what I suffer; he oweth me nothing; for in my bonds, how sweet and comfortable have the thoughts of him been to me, wherein I find a sufficient recompense of reward!

Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.

God has called us to shine, just as much as Daniel was sent into Babylon to shine. Let no one say that he cannot shine because he has not so much influence as some others may have. What God wants you to do is to use the influence you have. Daniel probably did not have much influence down in Babylon at first, but God soon gave him more because he was faithful and used what he had.

Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

Vice is a creature of such hideous mien that the more you see it the better you like it.

To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted.

Money does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if the devil himself gives better wages, they soon change their party.