It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

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.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.