Nobody deserves to be praised for goodness unless he is strong enough to be bad, for any other goodness is usually merely inertia or lack of will-power

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.

We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.

In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and thus the world is merely composed of actors.

You sorta lose the fear of failure when everyone thinks you already gave it your best shot and blew it.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

The tragedy wasn’t that Stanford White died, but that I lived.

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.

Nothing is forever except change.

Isn't the best way to save face to keep the lower part shut?

The Gaian process is more than a process. It is s self-reflecting entelechy of some sort.

My heart trembles when I reflect that God is just

In this world, goodness is destined to be defeated.