No amount of observations of white swans can allow the inference that all swans are white, but the observation of a single black swan is sufficient to refute that conclusion.

There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

All knowledge degenerates into probability.

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

Skill and confidence are an uncon-quered army.

For the first time she saw that the nurse's name was Tabitha.

Leonid Breznev was an old man and despite his own military experience in World War II, he on the other hand was not very close to the military.

Change is the very nature of nature.

The birth of the church was during a prayer meeting, not preaching, not singing, but prayer.

With Christians, a poetical view of things is a duty. We are bid to color all things with hues of faith, to see a divine meaning in every event.

Neurosis is no worse than a bad cold; you ache all over, and it's made you a mess, but you won't die from it.

My whole thing is if it wasn't for people like ya'll and people like them I wouldn't be me. I love every minute of it.

I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for? in the words of the Preacher, 'The words of wise men are heard in quiet' (Eccles. 9:17).

I'm not looking for answers when I show up to the set. I'm just asking the questions, over and over.