The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Pain is the outcome of sin.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

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

Ittakes time to save time.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him