What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it. . . . The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all. . . . When we talk about the great workers of the world we really mean the great players of the world.

Blasphemy? No, it is not blashphemy. If God is as vast as that, he is above blasphemy; if he is as little as that, He is beneath it.

My axiom is, to succeed in business: avoid my example.

If it is a Miracle, any sort of evidence will answer, but if it is a Fact, proof is necessary

Those who do not read have no advantage over those who cannot read.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.

I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way.