The wise man is seldom prudent.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

Because it's much more pleasant to be obsessed over how the hero gets out of his predicament than it is over how I get out of mine.

Language has created a barrier that prevents us from seeing existence as it truly is.

Can the synthesis of man and machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded?

There are really no serious arguments for communion in the hand. But there are the most gravely serious kinds of arguments against it.

You have to stick to your goals of progress.

Really, people are not a school of fish. Finding the leaders of the future is a question of recognizing those people who give leadership in a crisis.

Humility about how little I know has encouraged me to listen more carefully and more wisely.

The power of applying attention, steady and undissipated, to a single object, is the sure mark of superior genius.

Hope and be happy that all's for the best!

I knew I would be able to come back from the injury 100 percent.