The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

Never practice two vices at once.

Never practice two vices at once.

Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its read more

Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

I don't understand complicated problems. I only understand simple ones.

I don't understand complicated problems. I only understand simple ones.

Where you are in consciousness has everything to do with what you see in experience.

Where you are in consciousness has everything to do with what you see in experience.

There is no more beautiful life than that of a student.

There is no more beautiful life than that of a student.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by read more

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. - Mahfouz.

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old read more

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.