Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time read more

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes,
such enchanted musical instruments as the read more

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes,
such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous
arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than
a god.

If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job.

If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job.

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can
dream it, you can become it.

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can
dream it, you can become it.

All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room
alone.

All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room
alone.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

He who treads softly goes far.

He who treads softly goes far.

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we
hold of ourselves with the appalling things that read more

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we
hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about
us.

Everywhere you look in science, the harder it becomes to understand the
universe without God.

Everywhere you look in science, the harder it becomes to understand the
universe without God.