The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

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

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

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

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.