A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.