We Have No Government Armed With Power

The Public History Of All Countries, And All Ages, Is But A Sort Of Mask, Richly Colored. The Interior Working Of The Machinery Must Be Foul.

If There Have Been Those Who Doubted Whether A Confederated Representative Democracy Were A Government Competent To The Wise And Orderly Management Of The Common Concerns Of A Mighty Nation, Those Doubts Have Been Dispelled.

Let Us Consider An Alternative Style Of Thinking, Which We Can Call 'creative Thinking.' It Is Playfully Instructive To Note That The Word 'reactive' And The Word 'creative' Are Made Up Of Exactly The Same Letters. The Only Difference Between The Two Is That You 'c' [see] Differently.

My Custom Is To Read Four Or Five Chapters Of The Bible Every Morning Immediately After Rising. It Seems To Me The Most Suitable Manner Of Beginning The Day. It Is An Invaluable And Inexhaustible Mine Of Knowledge And Virtue.

There Is Such Seduction In A Library Of Good Books That I Cannot Resist The Temptation To Luxuriate In Reading.