If I were rich I would have many books, and I would pamper myself with bindings bright to the eye and soft to the touch, paper generously opaque, and type such as men designed when printing was very young. I would dress my gods in leather and gold, and burn candles of worship before them at night, and string their names like beads on a string.

That a few simple men should in one generation have invented so powerful and appealing a personality, so lofty ethic, and so inspiring a vision of human brotherhood, would be a miracle far more incredible than any recorded in the Gospels.

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side.

Progress is the domination of chaos by mind and purpose, of matter by form and will. It need not be continuous to be real.

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game