A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

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