When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.