Success - To rise from the illusion of pursuit to the disillusion of possession.

Orthodoxy: That peculiar condition where the patient can neither eliminate an old idea nor absorb a new one.

There is no failure except the failure of trying.

It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last.

Politicians regard the public as a cow to be milked

The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.

The brain is a commodity used to fertilize ideas.