To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty.

To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty.

Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too read more

Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too slowly makes one lose one's balance.

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

Truth and History involve nothing more than convincing the masses that you are right.

Truth and History involve nothing more than convincing the masses that you are right.

I thought so hard I got a headache.

I thought so hard I got a headache.

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward read more

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to read more

Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to compete with other people. The specialist knows more and more about less and less and finally knows everything about nothing.