I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
The first duty of the university is to teach wisdom, not a trade; character, not technicalities. We want a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we do not want a world of engineers.
There is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do and for making a certainty of what you try. But this principle, like others in life and war, has it exceptions.
There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.
I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.
It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. - C.S. Lewis
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