Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption also.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

The proverb answers where the sermon fails.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.

Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes.

It should console us for the fact that sin has not totally disappeared from the world, that the saints are not wholly deprived of employment.

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

The dread of criticism is the death of genius.

Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.

The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.

Death and what came after death was no great mystery to Sabriel. She just wished it was.

So, Slade, the swearing, the poor english and everything else is just a facade. You're really quite a deep and intelligent man, aren't you?

Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.

The rich fool is like a pig that is choked by its own fat.

I think people are going to return to sanity when they see how ridiculous many of these charges are, and how the predictions are not borne out.

Choice is the declaration by self that a certain ideal of self shall be realized.

One can choose life, or choose death. Having chosen life, I must live it as it is.

Obviously, computers have made differences. They have fostered the development of spaceships- as well as a great increase in junk mail.

English is a really wonderful language and I urge you all to investigate it

As long as the wrong people hold power, how can the right political climate even arise?