"If we take two people who have exactly the same sort of lesion or area of damage in the brain…
"The cold hand of history, which is for ever robbing us of some of our oldest and best cherished stories,…
"The fact of progress is written plain and large on the page of history; but progress is not a law…
"Now run along and play, but don't get into trouble. George promised to be good. But it is easy for…
"On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.""The human animal differs from the…
"Keep a goverment poor and weak and it's your servant; when it is rich and powerful it becomes your master.""You…
"Without birds to feed on them, the insects would multiply catastrophically. The insects, not man or other proud species, are…
"If our words are not consistent with our actions, they will never be heard above the thunder of our deeds.""Too…
"Faith is a higher faculty than reason.""The origin of civilization is man's determination to do nothing for himself which he…
"Experiences with Angels do not occur to people by chance. There is a sort of run-up to the experience.""True experiences…
"The brain is the man; its health is essential for normal living; its disorders are surely the most profound of…
"I may be a sleeping politician. But one should know that a sleeping politician is always awake about national politics.…
"Live in such a way that people who know you but don't know Christ will want to know Christ because…
"No art takes places without inspiration. Every artist also needs effective knowledge of his or her tools (e.g., does a…
"Gardens... should be like lovely, well-shaped girls: all curves, secret corners, unexpected deviations, seductive surprises and then still more curves.""Climate…
"Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.""There is something about the mental act of thanksgiving that seems to carry the…
"An unwatched pot boils immediately.""In real life a right-angled triangle is very unlikely to have a square on its hypotenuse."
"We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life…
"We are fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are not to be crushed, in defiance of international good…