Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.
Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, The Bores and the Bored.
Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.
You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.
Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.
They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people.
A good liar must have a good memory.
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.
Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy.
But some emotions don't make a lot of noise. It's hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint - like a heartbeat. And pure love why, some days it's so quiet, you don't even know it's there.
At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.
A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.?
His modesty amounts to deformity.
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.