Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be…

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My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five...

God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five...

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper...

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper...

No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.

No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

Only the sinner has a right to preach

Only the sinner has a right to preach

Why do they put the Gideon bibles only in the bedrooms, where it's usually too...

Why do they put the Gideon bibles only in the bedrooms, where it's usually too...

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of...

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of...