Archives - March 2021

Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent. You will be amazed at how your whole approach to a person or problem becomes very different.

They say I’m old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!

I like coincidences. They make me wonder about destiny, and whether free will is an illusion or just a matter of perspective. They let me speculate on the idea of some master plan that, from time to time, we're allowed to see out of the corner of our eye.

I am never afraid of what I know.

Cats regard people as warmblooded furniture.

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.

Obscurity is a good thing. You can fail in obscurity. It removes the fear of failure.

The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.

The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky.

A person who trusts no one can't be trusted.

Success is following the pattern of life one enjoys most.

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.

The best way to learn to be an honest, responsible adult is to live with adults who act honestly and responsibly.

Some people will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon.

Ireland is a land of poets and legends, of dreamers and rebels.

There is a vast difference between how things seem from the outside and how they feel on the inside.

The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.

It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.

As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be, you can't see how it is.

To imagine the unimaginable is the highest use of the imagination.

Even if it's not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.

I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.

The more passions and desires one has, the more ways one has of being happy.

Try to love someone who you want to hate, because they are just like you, somewhere inside, in a way you may never expect, in a way that resounds so deeply within you that you cannot believe it.

Exciting spring smells waft through wide open windows.

No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start.

Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.

Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need more.

Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It’s good to be silly at the right moment.