Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth.

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

Only one absolute certainty is possible to man, namely that at any given moment the feeling which he has exists.

The Bible has been the Magna Charta of the poor and of the oppressed.

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.

God give me strength to face a fact though it slay me.

Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity.

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.

The graceful wings of a dove lead to the endless imagination in a dream wings of pain.

Acceptance for me is loving what “is” and not in looking back at the past. I do not need to know what the future holds either- if the present is good, can the future be anything less than good?

Me and my insatiable curiosity. If there's any justice in the world, I was a very good cat in a past life.

What is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause but what they say about their opponents.

Strike from mankind the principle of faith and men would have no more history than a flock of sheep.

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Television is not vulgar because people are vulgar; it is vulgar because people are similar in their prurient interests and sharply differentiated in their civilized concerns.

Give persons who would cheat you every opportunity so you can soon be rid of them.

Do not remove the kinks from your hair--remove them from your brain.

My diary became more than a place to record daily events. It became a friend, the paper that it was made of was ready and willing to accept anything and everything I had to say.