Science doesn't deliver even that much "truth"; it delivers empirically adequate generalisations, and that is all we need.

'Tis certain that our senses are extremely disproportioned for comprehending the whole compass and latitude of things.

Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.

It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so much strive to vex as to convince each other.

It's a frightening thing. To go to France, the elder daughter of the church, it's always called, and you get the feeling the church has gone away.

Obscurity in writing is commonly an argument of darkness in the mind. The greatest learning is to be seen in the greatest plainness.

Nothing is properly one's duty but what is also one's interest.

We live in a society where every business has a huge scope. Even if you open a shop selling snakes people will buy it. Thinking they will direct them to their neighbors house.

R.I.P.Tom Conlon O'Rourke.Not Dead, just Sleeping.

Our eyes met and our souls caught on fire.

For African societies, no issue looms larger than employment. Only vibrant entrepreneurship and thriving small businesses can hope to provide the millions of jobs that are needed.

The fate of all explanation is to close one door only to have another fly wide open.

We talk about heaven being so far away. It is within speaking distance to those who belong there. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people.

I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.

When I read any book, if it's really good I get lost in the writing whether it's fiction or non-fiction. I'm in the story not thinking about who wrote it.

Foreigners don't want to invest any more in France - and this is not working.

Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.