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«Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other, everything to gain»
«You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.»
«Do you not know that there comes a midnight hour when every one has to throw off his mask? Do you believe that life will always let itself be mocked? Do you think you can slip away a little before midnight in order to avoid this? Or are you not terrified by it? I have seen men in real life who so long deceived others that at last their true nature could not reveal itself;... In every man there is something which to a certain degree prevents him from becoming perfectly transparent to himself; and this may be the case in so high a degree, he may be so inexplicably woven into relationships of life which extend far beyond himself that he almost cannot reveal himself. But he who cannot reveal himself cannot love, and he who cannot love is the most unhappy man of all.»
«I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.»
«In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed.»
«When the number of factors coming into play in a phenomenological complex is too large scientific method in most cases fails. One need only think of the weather, in which case the prediction even for a few days ahead is impossible.»
«The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that fits all cases»
«Every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated, as one would wish his children to be treated. this is not the case.»
«It is often the case that the man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one»
«Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.»