Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

True miracle are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence God has given him

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it