Mark Twain

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.

The most interesting information come from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

If man had created man, he would be ashamed of his performance.

There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.

It isn’t safe to sit in judgment upon another person’s illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet.

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance, you will not easily arrive at better. If they know what is good, and require it. you will aspire and burn until you achieve it. But from time to time, in history, men are born a whole age too soon.

Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration.

Logic is like the sword

My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.

He’s a man of great common sense and good taste – meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

Watch what you say, and whatever you say, practice it.

You’ve got to have a good spirit on the inside. That’s what’s really going to make you look like you’re ready to rock the world.

I’m proof against that word failure. I’ve seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Plan backwards as well as forward. Set objectives and trace back to see how to achieve them. You may find that no path can get you there. Plan forward to see where your steps will take you, which may not be clear or intuitive.

If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It’s very important to be aware of them every time they come up.

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

Leave the rest to the gods.