In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.