Whenever a man reaches the top of the political ladder, his enemies unite to pull him down. His friends become critical and exacting.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.

We have nothing that is really our own

You hate him for turning you inside of yourself. You are still getting used to looking at your body in the light.

A high degree of autonomy is what permits innovation, experimentation and risk taking in a bureaucracy. If the slightest mistake can end a career, then no one will ever take risks.

Peace is a way of constructively handling natural conflict.

What we need is a machine that will let us see the other guy's point of view.

Each man has his fancy.

When you read a novel, your own imagery is the most important. It's what makes reading such a wonderful thing.

Keep the Pineal Gland operating and you will Never grow Old, You will always be Young.

Hell is given up so reluctantly by those who don't expect to go there

I do uphill skiing; I don't do downhill skiing. I think that's for nerd amateurs.