Faith is a way of going within and creating a sense of control over one's life at any given moment.
Some one called Sir Richard Steele the "vilest of mankind," and he retorted with proud humility, "It would be a glorious world if I were.
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
Our first and last love is self-love.
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.
[When questioned on his longevity] First of all, I selected my ancestors very wisely. . . . They were long-lived, healthy people. Then, as a chemist, I know how to eat, how to exercise, keep my blood circulating. . . . I don't worry. I don't get angry at people. I don't worry about things I can't help. I do what I can to make the world a better place to live, but I don't complain if things aren't right. As a scientist I take the world as I find it.
Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture.
I studied psychology for a couple of years as a personal hobby, so you start learning about people and listening to your intuition, like when you you're feeling that people are not being entirely straight with you.