"English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street."

"I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel."

"Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts."

"Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one."

"Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature."

"To lead with integrity is to walk the narrow path where words and actions are one. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"When purpose is clear, every obstacle transforms into a stepping stone. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man."