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Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits.
The lunatic's visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact.
Tell him to live by yes and no - yes to everything good, no to everything bad.
There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
... no bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.
There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.
If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
That knowledge which stops at what it does not know, is the highest knowledge.
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
Secrets in manufactures are capable of being longer kept than secrets in trade.
Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
There is only one thing in the world that is really valuable, it is to do good.
Total situations are, therefore, patterns in time as much as patterns in space.
To use words to sense reality is like going with a lamp to search for darkness.
The substance of my being has been informed by the books I learned to care for.
The purpose of life is the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens.
Patience is so like fortitude that she seems either her sister or her daughter.
If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.
That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it
Wealth as well as sea water. The more we drink, the more thirsty. The so famous
Laziness has many disguises. Soon "winter doldrums" will become "spring fever."
It is the things for which there is no evidence that are believed with passion.
Life is just one cup of coffee after another, and don't look for anything else.
Liberty is the right to do what I like; licence, the right to do what you like.
America... where law and custom alike are based upon the dreams of spinsters...
There may be no good reasons for very many opinions that are held with passion.
Common sense, however it tries, cannot avoid being surprised from time to time.
All the conditions of happiness are realized in the life of the man of science.
Even in civilized mankind faint traces of monogamous instinct can be perceived.
Liberty is the right to do what I like; license, the right to do what you like.
For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate ... can look fortune in the face.
Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.
Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.
You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.
The contrived language and the flattering attitude rarely come with the virtue.
It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.
A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.
Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.
Clever talk and domineering manner have little to with being a Man at His Best.
If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.
Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.
A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.
As human beings, everyone has stuff coming at them, and a certain kind of fear.
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
In order to get as much fame as one's father one has to much more able than he.