The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result read more

The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich. Consequently, the modern poor are not pitied but written off as trash. The twentieth-century consumer economy has produced the first culture for which a beggar is a reminder of nothing.

Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.

Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would read more

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.

You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. read more

You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. I don't think there's anything man wasn't meant to know. There are just some stupid things that people shouldn't do.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Don't anthropomorphize computers -- they hate it.

Don't anthropomorphize computers -- they hate it.

When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not read more

When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.