"The greatest productive force is human selfishness."

"Once you've accumulated sufficient knowledge to get by, you're too old to remember it."

"This report, by its very length, defends itself against being read."

"Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor."

"Whenever you come to a 'Y' in the road always remember that you have a third choice of path: And that is right down the middle, where no one has gone before."

"One can know a man from a laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man."

"He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it is certain that no man serves God with a good conscience who serves him against his reason."

"This is no world. It is God Himself. In delusion we call it world."

"Courage is grace under pressure."

"I shall despair. There is no creature loves me; And if I die no soul will pity me: And wherefore should they, since that I myself Find in myself no pity to myself?"

"Assumptions are the termites of relationships."

"I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on."