Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
Not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.
When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
The paranoid is never entirely mistaken.
A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.
There is no real ending. It's just the place where you stop the story.
To find a man's true character, play golf with him.
Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.
Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.
Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.
Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
When it is not in our power to determine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, The Bores and the Bored.
Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.
Our greatest foes - and whom we must chiefly combat - are within.
Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.
The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.