A miracle signifies nothing more than an event... the cause of which cannot be explained by another familiar instance, or.... which the narrator is unable to explain.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.

Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.

Nothing in nature is by chance... Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.

Men believe themselves to be free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions are determined.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition.

Remember: Rain doesn't need watering.

Expediency may tip the scales when arguments are nicely balanced.

Bobbed hair makes women look uniform. They lack individuality.

True strength isn’t in killing—or ignoring—your opponent, it’s in having the will to shield those who need your protection.

I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.

Songs of praise the angels sang, Heav'n with alleluias rang, when creation was begun, when God spoke and it was done.

To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.

The capitalist cannot store labour-power in warehouses after he has bought it, as he may do with the raw material.

Security comes from earning it-not seeking it.

A supreme deity would no more gift us with intellect and expect us to forsake it in moments of bafflement, than He would fashion us eyes to see and bid us shut them to the stars