Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.