Quote #2360
Solitude, in the sense of being often alone, is essential to any depth of...
Quote #10955
Nature uses as little as possible of anything.
Quote #4211
There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to...
Quote #12396
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the...
Quote #11834
The people who think Tiny Tim is strange are the same ones who think...
Quote #4136
A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room...
Quote #9910
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
Quote #20016
The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat...
Quote #12820
The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to...
Quote #5579
If a man has talent and cannot use it, he has failed. If he...