Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

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The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people...

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people...

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

A man who is of sound mind is one who keeps the inner madman under...

A man who is of sound mind is one who keeps the inner madman under...

Politeness is organized indifference.

Politeness is organized indifference.

Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.

Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to...

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to...

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

God made everything out of the void, but the void shows through

God made everything out of the void, but the void shows through

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it...

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it...

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until...

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until...

I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence. All the neurons in the brain...

I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence. All the neurons in the brain...

Some people are like bathrooms, they're either taken, or full of sh*t.

Some people are like bathrooms, they're either taken, or full of sh*t.