We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

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

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

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

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

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous