When you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better.

The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem

For nothing ought to be posited without a reason given, unless it is self-evident (literally, known through itself) or known by experience or proved by the authority of Sacred Scripture.

God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone.

With all things being equal, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one.

It is vain to do with more what can be done with less.

Simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones.

Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.

No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.

Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity.

Who dare tries is a success, and shall master the art of conquering dreams.

Holy God, Holy light.

God save me from myself.

To bring a child into the world that you cannot feed, clothe, house, and educate is the moral equivalent, in my opinion, of a drive-by shooting.

Your parents want to think they have a healthy, happy family.

A crowd, proportionately to its size, magnifies all that in its units pertains to the emotions, and diminishes all that in them pertains to thought.

During critical periods, a leader is not allowed to feel sorry for himself, to be down, to be angry, or to be weak. Leaders must beat back these emotions

I like to say that women are those who form life in their wombs - and this is a comparison I make - they have this charism of giving you things you can build with.

Now, aged 50, I'm just poised to shoot forth quite free straight and undeflected my bolts whatever they are.

People who accomplish great things work toward their objectives every day.