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

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

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

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

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