The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

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

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.