You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions.
Yearning for the seemingly impossible is the path to human progress.
There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly.
American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.
Birth and death; we all move between these two unknowns.
Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.
Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.
Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.
Education should prepare our minds to use its own powers of reason and conception rather than filling it with the accumulated misconceptions of the past.
Emotion is often what we rely upon to carry us across the unfathomable voids in our intelligence.
Fanatic is often the name given to people of action by people who are lazy.
Human intelligence may not be the best trick nature has to offer.
I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity.
If we fear the unknown then surely we fear ourselves.
In all known time there has never been a greater monster or miracle than the human being.
In America, educators punish those who actually think for themselves. There is only acceptance for popular opinion.
In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it!
It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.
Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure you there are many more plain minds than faces.
Most people do not actually know how to think for themselves, and unfortunately that prevents them from even knowing it.
