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Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple,

and may, as a rule,

be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.

I like the silent church before the service begins,

better than any preaching.

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting.

Do not hit at all if it can be avoided;

but never hit softly.

I am not a consecutive writer.

Because parents have power over children.

They feel they have to do what their parents say.

But the love of money is the root of all evil.

And this is a sweet child.

And to see him turn like this,

this isn't him.

This is not him.

Truth is by nature self

evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.

If we desire to avoid insult,

we must be able to repel it;

if we desire to secure peace,

one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity,

it must be known,

that we are at all times ready for War.

Imagine all the people living life in peace.

You only learn who has been swimming naked

when the tide goes out.

A great civilization is not conquered from without until

it has destroyed itself from within.

What a kid I got,

I told him about the birds and the bee and he told me

about the butcher and my wife.

To be prepared for war is

one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

Everything is physics and math.

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts Very deeply.

Familiarity breeds contempt and children.

This time,

like all times,

is a very good one,

if we but know what to do with it.

God already knows what

we're made of, but perhaps

He wants us to learn what

we're made of. I think we

would all agree that we

learn more from our

tough times than from

our easy times.

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.

In every society some,

men are born to rule,

and some to advise.