The theoretical understanding of the world which is the aim of philosophy is not a matter of great practical importance to animals or to savages or even to most civilised men.
I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.
Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good...
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people to...
The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
Two obsessions are the hallmarks of Nature's artistic style.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not...
Praise the green earth. Chance has appointed her...
