
“Chance favors only the prepared mind.”
Source: The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life (1999), Ch. 10: 'A Bio-Friendly Universe?', p. 271
“Chance favors only the prepared mind.”
The Ocean of Theosophy by William Q. Judge (1893), Chapter 11, Karma
Letter published in The Liberator, when the 15th Amendment passed on March 30, 1870, as quoted in Station Master on the Underground Railroad : The Life and Letters of Thomas Garrett (2005) by James A. McGowan, p. 194
Context: I rejoice that I have lived to see this day, when the colored people of this favored land, by law, have equal privileges with the most favored. And I have faith to believe that ere long equal justice will be granted to the poor Indians and the Chinese.
“Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.”
La raillerie est un discours en faveur de son esprit contre son bon naturel.
Pensées Diverses
Source: An Introduction to Cybernetics (1956), Part 2: Variety, p. 130
Milton Friedman - Big Business, Big Government http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_T0WF-uCWg
Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter II, Section 17, pg. 102