Poems List

How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.

Science cannot stop while ethics catches up -- and nobody should expect scientists to do all the thinking for the country.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, and to work, and to play, and to look up at the stars and sun.

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill, requires only our silence, which costs nothing.

Start slow and taper off.

The art of living lies in a fine mingling of holding on and letting go.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent.

A Multitasking Timex Sinclair

Blessed is he who has has learned to laugh at himself for he shall never cease to be entertained.

I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.

All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness, comity, courtesy; upon these everything is based...Let him who elevates himself above humanity, above its weaknesses, its infirmities, its wants, its necessities, say, if he pleases, I will never compromise; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromises.

We Americans want peace, and it is now evident that we must be prepared to demand it. For other peoples have wanted peace, and the peace they received was the peace of death.

Laughter is the first evidence of freedom.

One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.

The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards -- and even then I have my doubts.

The law of liberty tends to abolish the reign of race over race, of faith over faith, of class over class. It is not the realization of a political ideal; it is the discharge of a moral obligation.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.

Laughing deeply is living deeply.

Eat before shopping. If you go to the store hungry, you are likely to make unnecessary purchases.

Democracy is a form of government in which it is permitted to wonder aloud what the country could do under first-class management.

As you express joy, you draw it out of those you meet, creating joyful people and joyful events. The greater the joy you express,the more joy you experience.

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.