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362. Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else -- unless it is an enemy.

363. Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.

364. Many Christians debate whether the devil is on earth or in hell. Can he dwell in Christians or only in the world? The fact is: the devil is in darkness. Wherever there is spiritual darkness, there the devil will be.

365. Many people lose their tempers merely by seeing you keep yours.

366. Marital problems? You don't need a new wife, you need a new life!

367. Marriage - is an expensive way of getting your laundry done for free.

368. Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.

369. May your life be long and useful like a roll of toilet paper.

370. May your trouble be like the old man's teeth...few and far between.

371. Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct; what they like to be is a man's last romance.

372. Men tell you the facts, but God will tell you the truth!

373. Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.

374. Metaphysics is almost always an attempt to prove the incredible by an appeal to the unintelligible.

375. Metaphysics is the anatomy of the soul.

376. Metaphysics is the attempt of the mind to rise above the mind.

377. Middle age starts when you have been warned to slow down, not by a motorcycle cop, but by your doctor.

378. Minds, like parachutes, only function when they are open.

379. Money is an excellent servant, but a horrible master.

380. Money is the root of all evil, and man needs roots.

381. More doors are opened with "please" than with keys.

382. Mosquitoes are a great moral force; it forces mankind to wear more clothes that modesty.

383. Most books now say our sun is a star. But it still knows how to change back into a sun in the daytime.

384. Most of our suspicions of others are aroused by our knowledge of ourselves.

385. Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

386. Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

387. My father must have had some elementary education, for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately.

388. My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.

389. Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams.

390. Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference.

391. Never ask the barber if you need a haircut.

392. Never deprive someone of hope -- it may be all they have.

393. Never forget what you need to remember.

394. Never give advice -- a wise man won't need it, a fool won't heed it.

395. Never tell the truth to those unworthy of it.

396. Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

397. No good deed goes unpunished.

398. No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become nuisance after three days.

399. No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern; no idea is so modern that it will not some day be antiquated.

400. No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.

401. No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

402. No one gets too old to learn a new way of being stupid.

403. No one wants a good education, but everyone wants a good degree.

404. Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

405. O people of the earth, men born and made of the elements, but with the spirit of the Divine Man within you, rise from your sleep of ignorance! Be sober and thoughtful. Realise that your home is not on the earth but in the Light. Why have you delivered yourselves over unto death, having power to partake of immortality? Repent, and change your minds. Depart from the dark light and forsake corruption forever. Prepare to blend your souls with the Eternal Light.

406. Occasionally, I have to think like myself to remember where I put something.

407. Old pond: frog jump inwater-sound.

408. On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.

409. Once you've accumulated sufficient knowledge to get by, you're too old to remember it.

410. Once you've tried to change the world you find it's a whole bunch easier to change your mind.

411. One fool can ask more questions in a minute than twelve wise men can answer in an hour.

412. One nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.

413. Only the educated are free.

414. Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.

415. People only see what they are prepared to see.

416. People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

417. Perfect wisdom has four parts: Wisdom, the principle of doing things aright. Justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private. Fortitude, the principle of not fleeing danger, but meeting it. Temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately.

418. Philosophers have merely interpreted the world. The point is to change it.

419. Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.

420. Philosophy is systematic reflection upon the common experience of mankind.

421. Philosophy is the art and law of life, and it teaches us what to do in all cases, and, like good marksmen, to hit the white at any distance.

422. Philosophy is the art of living.

423. Philosophy is the cultivation of the mental faculties; it roots out vices and prepares the mind to receive proper seed.

424. Philosophy triumphs easily over past and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.

425. Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

426. Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.

427. Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

428. Politeness: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

429. Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

430. Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

431. Presume not in prosperity, neither despair in adversity: court not dangers, nor meanly fly from before them: dare to despise whatever will not remain with thee.

432. Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.

433. Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

434. Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

435. Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise.

436. Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

437. She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

438. Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

439. Silence is argument carried out by other means.

440. Sloppy thinking gets worse over time.

441. Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye.

442. Smile, it's free therapy.

443. Some people speak from experience; others, from experience, don't speak.

444. Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

445. Sometimes a whisper speaks volumes.

446. Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.

447. Strong words are required for weak principles.

448. Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of the way before it is understood.

449. Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his head.

450. Take care of your character and your reputation will take care of itself.

451. Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.

452. Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.

453. Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

454. Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.

455. Teenagers express their burning desires to be different by dressing exactly alike.

456. Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.

457. Tell me, I'll forget.. Show me, I may remember; but involve me, and I'll understand.

458. Telling the boss what a good worker you are worth 1%..Showing him is worth 99%.

459. That which is acquired without difficulty is dispersed with equal facility.

460. That which is bright rises twice: The image of FIRE. Thus the great man, by perpetuating this brightness, illumines the four quarters of the world.

461. That which you cannot give away, you don't possess; it possesses you.

462. The 50-50-90 rule: Any time you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

463. The act of giving is more important than the merit of the receiver.

464. The adept may reach one of those rare moments that spell illumination - aware of the light of the consciousness that illumines our consciousness as the sun dawns on the sleeping earth and bathes it in effulgence.

465. The Ancient oracle said I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone, of all the Greeks, know that I know nothing.

466. The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

467. The art of giving is perfected through anonymity.

468. The attitude within is more important than the circumstances without.

469. The Beginning of Philosophy...is a Consciousness of your own Weakness and inability in necessary things.

470. The beloved of the Almighty are the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.

471. The best defence against logic is ignorance.

472. The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.

473. The best things in life aren't things.

474. The best way to overcome temptation is to avoid the tempting situation.

475. The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.

476. The Bible tells us to love our neighbours, and also to love our enemies; probably generally they are the same people.

477. The biggest man you ever did see once was a baby.

478. The British have a reputation for keeping calm even when there is no crisis.

479. The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honoured by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, or else he disappears into the silent forest.

480. The childish go after outward pleasures; they walk into the net of widespread death. But the wise, knowing immortality, Seek not the stable among things which are unstable here.