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			 If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.  
	 If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000. 
		
 
	
			 There is nothing to be found in a beehive that is not submerged in a bee. And yet you can read more 
	 There is nothing to be found in a beehive that is not submerged in a bee. And yet you can search a bee forever with cyclotron and fluoroscope, and you will never find the hive. 
		
 
	
			 Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, read more 
	 Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that they, too, are significant. 
		
 
	
			 Take your work seriously, but never yourself.  
	 Take your work seriously, but never yourself. 
		
 
	
			 Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.  
	 Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. 
		
 
	
			 The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it read more 
	 The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people bitter and cruel. 
		
 
	
			 A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because read more 
	 A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die out, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. 
		
 
	
			 Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities read more 
	 Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man. 
		
 
	
			 You cannot criticize the New Testament. It criticizes you.  
	 You cannot criticize the New Testament. It criticizes you.