Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.

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Electronic calculators can solve problems which the man who made them cannot solve; but no...

Electronic calculators can solve problems which the man who made them cannot solve; but no...

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and...

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and...

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments,...

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments,...

It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than...

It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than...

If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy...

If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy...

Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the...

Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the...

What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.

What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time...

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time...

Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most...

Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most...

Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence

Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence

Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable

Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable

Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to...

Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to...

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no...

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no...

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and...

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and...

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask...

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask...

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in...

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in...

Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that...

Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that...

The elephant has a thick skin, a head full of ivory, and as everyone who...

The elephant has a thick skin, a head full of ivory, and as everyone who...

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever...

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever...

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.