Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

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.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.