A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.

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That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

Literature is analysis after the event.

Literature is analysis after the event.

In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.

In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters...

It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters...

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth...

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth...

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is...

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is...

What is a hero without love for mankind.

What is a hero without love for mankind.

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how...

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how...

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning...

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning...

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being...

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being...

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating,...

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating,...

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second...

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second...

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a...

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a...

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in...

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in...

Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for...

Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for...

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.