Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen