General

“The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.”

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.”

“The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals.”

“An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.”

“The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.”

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”

“You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.”

“In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.”

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?”

“Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.”

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!”

“For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.”

“To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.”

“These are the times that try men's souls.”

“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”

“Common sense is not so common.”

“There's no crying in baseball!”

“The world is not a wish-granting factory.”

“You have to be able to accept failure to get better.”

“The truth is, the more you try to suppress something, the more it will spread.”

“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”

“The Internet is the most liberating technology ever invented, and it is the most surveillance technology ever invented.”