I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.

Opportunities are there for only a second but you got to see it, just like a shooting star.

We all know there is blood in meat .

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Only those who attempt the absurd...will achieve the impossible. I think...I think it's in my basement...Let me go upstairs and check.

The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because it is different from his own.

Somewhere or other there must surely be The face not seen, the voice not heard, The heart that not yet--never yet--ah me! Made answer to my word.

All professions are conspiracies against the laity.

How calmly may we commit ourselves to the hands of Him who bears up the world.

Save time ... see it my way.

The three-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots.

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

This, this is misery! the last, the worst, That man can feel.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

Traditional nationalism cannot survive the fissioning of the atom. One world or none.

If the wind is against you then start sailing against it because the wind may never change in your favor.

Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded.

Many Christians are reluctant to become involved in public affairs be cause politics is a "dirty business", but the same people are generally quite happy to go into business life, which is in its way just as "dirty". If the dubious practices and moral compromises of every walk of life were dissected and made known with the glare of publicity which shines on the activities of politicians, then those who like to think that they can keep their hands clean would have very few professions to choose from.