Quotes of the day

Abraham Lincoln If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.  If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.  It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.  It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.  Let me not be understood as saying that there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise for the redress of which no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say that although bad laws, if they exist, should b  Marriage is neither heaven nor hell. It is simply purgatory.  Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.  My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don’t deny it. I’d rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh – anything but work.  Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.  No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.  People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.  Property is the fruit of labour : property is desirable; it is a positive good.  Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.  That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
Albert Einstein As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.  At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice. Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience. Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler. Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. Confucius      A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. All oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes. By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart. Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue. Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. Have no friends not equal to yourself. He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it. He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. He who will not economize will have to agonize. He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed. Heaven means to be one with God. Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.