When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can read more

When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one thought and think another at the same time. Thus a pencil and paper make excellent concentration tools.

It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to read more

It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to whom abundance spells disaster, and to whom unlimited energy means unlimited power for war and destruction, there is an ominous cloud in the distance though at present it be no bigger than a man's hand.

A "modern" man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The read more

A "modern" man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice.

There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth.

There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

Despite the high cost of living it remains a popular item.

Despite the high cost of living it remains a popular item.

Bias and impartiality is in the eye of the beholder.

Bias and impartiality is in the eye of the beholder.

In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.

In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.