"Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

"It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long."

"To realize one鈥檚 Personal Legend is a person鈥檚 only real obligation."

"Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light."

"It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more."

"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them."

"The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it."

"After the last of 16 mounting screws has been removed from an access cover, it will be discovered that the wrong access cover has been removed."

"Machines take me by surprise with great frequency."

"Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian."