To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty.

To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty.

Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, read more

Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are -- chaff and grain together -- certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away….

When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are read more

When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.

I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? read more

I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.

There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Hamming's Motto: The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.

Hamming's Motto: The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, read more

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.