To get thine ends, lay bashfulnesse aside; Who fears to aske, doth teach to be deny'd.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

Westward the star of empire takes its way.

The universal subjugator, the commonplace.

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. Thanks to Ellen Fletcher -Albert Schweitzer.

Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them.

Lookit, I've done it their way this far and now it's my turn. I'm my own handler. Any questions? Ask me... There's not going to be any more handler stories because I'm the handler... I'm Doctor Spin.

The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and music are but the blazon of its windows, borrowing all their significance from the light, and suggestive only of the temple's uses. - Josiah Gilbert Holland ,

One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature. When one feels such pleasure in non-existence, one's inclination can be completely satisfied only by completely ceasing to exist.

The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.

To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbial disgrace.

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Speme e Fortune, addio; che' in porto entrai. Schernite gli altri; ch'io vi spregio omai.

Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me and drink as I! Freely welcome to my cup, Could'st thou sip and sip it up; Make the most of life you may; Life is short and wears away.

Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand.

Scientists often have a naive faith that if only they could discover enough facts about a problem, these facts would somehow arrange themselves in a compelling and true solution.

I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall be high, I only know it shall be great.

An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. - Letter to his son, October 9, 1746.

"Be bold!" first gate; "Be bold, be bold, and evermore be bold," second gate; "Be not too bold!" third gate.

A burnt child dreads the fire.