Indecision is debilitating, it feeds upon itself, it is, one might almost say, habit forming. Not only that, but it is contagious, it transmits itself to others. Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself; it is, one might almost say...

I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their univers...

If .. 'Ifs and buts' were candy and nuts...oh, what a party we would have....

Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which, if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or Shakespeare. Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative powe...

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance....

H. G. Wells's earlier works of science fiction have retained their popularity for nearly a century. In recent years they have also won academic regard for integrating the fantastic with the realistic to produce challenging alien perspectiv...

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death....

Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century On humanist assumptions, life leads to nothing; and every pretense that it does not is a deceit....

If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it. A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winner from the one in se...

People travel in the way of least resistance, by choosing one's environment, one will travel in a particular way....

When walking through the valley of shadows, remember, a shadow is cast by a Light....

To value riches is not to be covetous. They are the gift of God, and, like every gift of his, good in themselves, and capable of a good use. But to overvalue riches, to give them a place in the heart which God did not design them to fill, ...

A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him....

H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) is widely considered the most important literary supernaturalist of the twentieth century. He is one of the greatest in a line of authors that originated with the Gothic novelists of the eighteenth century and w...

A government official, business consultant, and author, H. R. Haldeman gained notoriety for his involvement in the 1972 Watergate scandal--a scheme devised by top-ranked government officials, including President Richard M. Nixon, to cover ...

Give God the margin of eternity to justify himself....

The Protestant theologian Helmut Richard Niebuhr (1894-1962) was one of the most original and perceptive American theologians of the 20th century. On Sept. 3, 1894, H. Richard Niebuhr was born in Wright City, Mo., the youngest of five chil...

Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment. If som...

We shall meet but we shall miss her....

We are all manufacturers. Making good, making trouble, or making excuses....

Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father....

Be true to the best you know. This is your high ideal. If you do your best, you cannot do more....

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Henry Beam Piper was an engineer as well as a mystery and science-fiction writer. He was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and lived most of his life around Williamsport, where he served on the engineering staff of the Pennsylvania Railroad. ...

Round Reggie Fortune, doctor and detective, debuted in 1920-as did Hercule Poirot-and the good-living and straight-talking agent of Providence remains the chief claim to fame of his prolific author, H.C. Bailey. Fortune is a stylish charac...