Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

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

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

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.