Archives - January 2007

Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with things that move us toward progress and peace

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life

I always have to dream up there against the stars. If I don't dream I will make it, I won't even get close

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library

TV is chewing gum for the eyes

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the vulgarist

A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it

It's easy to identify people who can't count to ten. They're in front of you in the supermarket express lane

When you determined what you want, you have made the most important decision of your life. You have to know what you want in order to attain it

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe

A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us

Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful

In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you

The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past

Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning

There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get

The most successful people are those who are good at plan B

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got

When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully