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I do not know what the third world war will be fought with, but the fourth world war will be fought with sticks and stones.
Seventy-five years ago I was born in Tampico, Illinois, in a little flat above the bank building. We didn't have any other contact with the bank than that.
The reliance on property is…the want of self-reliance. [Men] measure the esteem of each other by what each has, and not by what each is. But a cultivated man becomes ashamed of his property…(Essays)
Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world sparkles with light.
The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 2 or 8. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
Ours is the century of enforced travel … of disappearances. The century of people helplessly seeing others, who were close to them, disappear over the horizon.
If this is tea, please bring me some coffee… but if this is coffee, please bring me some tea.
He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes, but he who never asks a question remains a fool forever.
Music - The one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
Intelligence is when you spot a flaw in your boss's reasoning. Wisdom is when you refrain from pointing it out.
Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming.
Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
Today we may face some boring task or idle conversation that feels like a complete waste of time. Perhaps next week or next year we'll understand that nothing is wasted, that in the economy of our universe even a weed is simply a flower whose use has yet to be discovered.
A reporter once said to John Lennon that Decca would be kicking themselves for rejecting the beatles, Lennon instantly replied, I hope they kick themselves to death.
