Much learning does not teach understanding.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it