Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of read more

Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.

I may have faults, but being wrong ain't one of them.

I may have faults, but being wrong ain't one of them.

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a read more

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures.

The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures.

Fear of the pain blinds us to the goal of healing. Only by seeing our problems clearly and experiencing them read more

Fear of the pain blinds us to the goal of healing. Only by seeing our problems clearly and experiencing them can we do something about them.

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import read more

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.

Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.

Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.

No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.

No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.