“When two forces unite, their efficiency double.”

I see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.

Opposite to godliness is atheism in profession, and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind, that it never had many professors.

Let me think – I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?

If the experiments which I urge be defective, it cannot be difficult to show the defects; but if valid, then by proving the theory, they must render all objections invalid.

The best way to understanding is a few good examples.

The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

The centre of the system of the world is immovable.

All knowledge and understanding of the Universe was no more than playing with stones and shells on the seashore of the vast imponderable ocean of truth.

Every body persists in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces having impact upon it.

An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend to stay in motion.

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.

What goes up must come down.

Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.

Basically, for any complex to be sustainable needs to have a balance between two factors: resilience and efficiency. These two factors can be calculated from the structure of the network that is involved in a complex system.

But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency.

Thank God we’re going to try to continue and effectively defend our frontiers with the Border Patrol, with the Customs Department, with the Coast Guard, with the Armed Forces.

The book itself is a curious artifact, not showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat little device, compact, often very pleasant to look at and handle, that can last decades, even centuries.

If you have work to do, don’t wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it.

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.

In all activities of life, the secret of efficiency lies in an ability to combine two seemingly incompatible states: a state of maximum activity and a state of maximum relaxation.

A country is considered the more civilised the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak and a powerful one too powerful.