The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Let go of all your anxiety. Embrace the peace of God.

Intellectuals are rarely successful as leaders. They are so trapped in their ideals that they cannot venture out in the real world to win and lead.

And thou shalt be secure because there is hope.

I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition.

Here is a philosophy of boldness to take advantage of every tiny opening toward victory.

You grow up a lot in terms of your understanding of the industry and how to deal with the corporate things.

I'm a blue Powerade man myself.

Man is said to be a rational creature; but should it not rather be said, that man is a creature capable of being rational, as we say a parrot is a creature capable of speech?

I got work to do. I got a lot of work to do within myself.

Look to see what you most desire in your life, then ride that feeling all the way to creation.