Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.