It is always in season for old men to learn.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each day as it goes by.

True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each day as it goes by.

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.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.

While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have read more

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But read more

When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.