If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

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

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Better hazard than always be in fear.