Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.

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.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.