Archives - February 2021

Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.

There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I'll be through with them. That's a very comforting thought.

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?

Miracles: You do not have to look for them. They are there, 24-7, beaming like radio waves all around you. Put up the antenna, turn up the volume --- snap... crackle... this just in, every person you talk to is a chance to change the world...

The only factor becoming scarce in a world of abundance is human attention.

I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.

Ultimately, the joy of sports is social and psychological, both in the ballpark and around a television on Super Bowl Sunday.

Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.

We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment.

There’s a place in the brain for knowing what cannot be remembered.

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids. It just seems that all would be wonderful if we didn't have to celebrate our birthdays in chronological order.

There's a long life ahead of you and it's going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugging each other.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Everything is connected... no one thing can change by itself.

Nothing’s better than the wind to your back, the sun in front of you, and your friends beside you.

I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.

Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

You can be pleased with nothing when you are not pleased with yourself.

If we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter.

The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.

The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is.

We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.