Some of mankind's most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of certain magic words or phrases.

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Just like a turtle, we only make progress if we stick our neck out.

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface.

Education is what is left after all that has been learnt is forgotten.

... scientific research is compounded of ... empirical procedures, general speculative ideas, and mathematical or abstract reasoning.

Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.

A Harvard education consists of what you learn at Harvard while you are not studying.

Science advances, not by the accumulation of new facts, but by the continuous development of new concepts.

Every vital organization owes its birth and life to an exciting and daring idea.

He who enters a university walks on hallowed ground.

Everyday nature is drawing a new picture just to keep herself alive and pretty.

When our vices leave us we flatter ourselves with the credit of having left them.

He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.

Trust your heart, especially when it is a strong one.

Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life.

If you wish to kill yourself but lack the courage to, I think a visit to Palmerston North will do the trick.

I admire your capacity for admiring.

The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets.

Life is just too short, too unpredictable and too complicated. Be happy no matter what, a smile sometimes is all you need

Everyone, he went on, speaks a language he does not understand, but which now and then is understood by others. That is enough to permit one to exist and at least to be misunderstood.