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

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.