Archives - September 2009

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain --- and most fools do.

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them.

Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

Help others get ahead. You will always stand taller with someone else on your shoulders.

We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

There's no rivalry between North and South Dakota. I guess we kind of see ourselves as both working against Minnesota.

Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.

I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.

It's all right letting yourself go as long as you can let yourself back.

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.

Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later.

I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only for wallowing in.

Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

I don't even butter my bread. I consider that cooking.

The present is a point just passed.