The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

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

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

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.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

The greatest prayer is patience.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.