There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.