Everyone once, once only. Just once and no more. And we also once. Never again. But this having been once, although only once, to have been of the earth, seems irrevocable.

All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.

The chief source of man’s inhumanity to man seems to be the tribal limits of his sense of obligation to other men.

There are, it seems to me, four main pathways to the truth: science, reason, intuition and imagination. I also believe strongly that any world view that tries to get by without paying due respect to all four of these is bound to fail. Each on its own has its virtues and its vices, its gifts and its inherent dangers: only by respecting each and all together can we learn to act wisely

There are, it seems to me, four main pathways to the truth: science, reason, intuition and imagination.

The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent.

Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy.

It seems to me that Halloween is the perfect time to get all over steampunk.

When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination

Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.

All human beings seek the happy life, but many confuse the means – for example, wealth and status – with that life itself. This misguided focus on the means to a good life makes people get further from the happy life. The really worthwhile things are the virtuous activities that make up the happy life, not the external means that may seem to produce it.

when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longer”, and take your departure; but if you stay, stop lamenting.

Do not try to seem wise to others.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the present time will you grow more surely toward the stars.

But there seems to be little correlation between a man’s effectiveness and his intelligence, his imagination or his knowledge.

Everything that seems imperishable tends to extinguishment.

Lastly, we can learn to have faith in ourselves and our creative abilities, no matter how difficult the task may seem.

Sometimes it seems to me I’ve known so many men that the FBI ought to come to me first to compare fingerprints.

It always seems impossible until it’s done.