Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

You can't unscramble an egg.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.