Aphorisms
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Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
Without mathematics, there's nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
Most smiles are started by another smile.
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
Time is money.
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.
The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.
The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.
Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything.
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