Politics cannot stop to study psychology Its methods are rough; its judgments rougher still.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.

Simple the life, simpler will be your instincts, the laws that govern universe will obey your simplicity.

Love is more about being the right person than finding the right person.

Some of the worst places I've ever lived in were fear, pain, and shame. The cost of living was so high, your only choice was a slow death.

The hardest thing for me is restraint.

The love I felt for her on that train ride had a capital and provinces, parishes and a Vatican, an orange planet and many sullen moons -- it was systemic and it was complete.

Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed and said, In that case, what is the question? Then she died.

But there is no doubt that my own views on this are, in quite a number of ways, very different from those of Quine.

My rule is to save myself first.

People that are obsessed with hating you, feel flattered. Their whole lives revolve around you.

Do you really think the IRA would think me a worthwhile target ?