No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.
Mere improvement is not redemption, though redemption always improves people
A sick society must think much about politics, as a sick man must think much about his digestion.
It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves.
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.
For the wise men of old the cardinal problem had been how to conform the soul to reality. For magic and applied science alike the problem is how to subdue reality to the wishes of men.