People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster, too.

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

Why do they put the Gideon bibles only in the bedrooms, where it's usually too late?

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, everyday, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.

No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.