Order and simplification are the first steps toward mastery of a subject.

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

Mr. Watson, come here — I want to see you.

-- Alexander Graham Bell

Every day sees humanity more victorious in the struggle with space and time.

-- Guglielmo Marconi

Socialism or barbarism!

-- Rosa Luxemburg

What hath God wrought

-- Samuel Finley Breese Morse

When civilization reaches its highest point, taxation in the dynasty becomes excessive, and the people become too weak to resist.

-- Ibn Khaldun