Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

The comforter's head never aches.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

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

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.