There is a tendency among men as well as women ... so soon as they have acquired a little knowledge of some kind, to want to display it to the best advantage.

Real things in the darkness seem no realer than dreams.

Beauty without colour seems somehow to belong to another world.

There is more here than meets the eye.

No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly...and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study it.

Intimacy between stepchildren and stepparents is indeed proverbially difficult.

It is in general the unexplored that attracts us.

farewell' is a monster among words, and never yet sounded kindly in any ear.

One ought not to be unkind to a woman merely on account of her plainness, any more than one had a right to take liberties with her merely because she was handsome

People who do not get into scrapes are a great deal less interesting than those who do.

How much the more in judging of the human heart should we distrust all fashionable airs and graces, all tricks and smartness, learnt only to please the outward gaze

Leaders are limited by their vision rather than by their abilities.

This is Sailor Supergirl, ” George says. “She knows all about black holes.

Plan your work, then work your plan.

Most people assume I write at night because of the kind of books I write, but I can shut out the light with my mind.

Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.

Darwin wasn't just provocative in saying that we descend from the apes - he didn't go far enough. We are apes in every way, from our long arms and tailless bodies to our habits and temperament.

This was Dante's. Crazy was what we had for breakfast when we ran out of Corn Flakes

The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; his heart is an abyss which can only be filled by that which is godly.

Adventure is the invitation to common people to become uncommon.

We are moving people from welfare to work. On welfare, we launch a quiet revolution.