It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

Hope lies in what action we take.

Deep inside, the majority of people had the sneaking suspicion that evil was more powerful than good and could be counteracted only by more evil.

I got well by talking. Death could not get a word in edgewise grew discouraged and traveled on.

To demand the portrait that will be a complete portrait of a person is as futile as to demand that a motion picture be condensed into a single still.

Two eggs do not an omelette make

I've started doing yoga and meditation, but I'm not very good at that kind of thing and turning my brain off.

You have to be mad in the language you're mad in.

To return to higher standards of living we must abandon the false prophets and seek new leaders of our own choosing.

Mastery is the rudder, Mystery is the sail and Magic the wind to move you in your chosen direction.

I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me.