Mere pleasure is at best but fleeting; happiness is abiding, for in the recollection thereof is renewed.
His dress told her nothing, but his face told her things which she was glad to know.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together. . . there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart. . . I'll always be with you.
Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing
The average man finds life very uninteresting as it is. And I think the reason why is that he is always waiting for something to happen to him instead of setting to work to make things happen
In the quiet hours when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing.
There were many at Bell Labs and MIT who compared Shannon's insight to Einstein's. Others found that comparison unfair - unfair to Shannon.
I don't just sing for free. It's my work. You're paid for what you do. And I work hard.
The test of a man's conversion is whether he has enough Christianity to get it to other people. If he hasn't, there is something wrong.
Humanism cannot survive on a purely secular platform.